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Council hears update on outreach, "Loved One" services and gaps in shelter and treatment
Summary
Milwaukie staff and partners updated council on a year of behavioral health outreach, the 'Loved One' mobile and drop-in services, partnerships with the district attorney’s deflection program, and ongoing gaps in shelter capacity, treatment beds and housing vouchers.
City staff and community partners updated the council on household services and behavioral-health outreach programs, describing coordination among the library, police outreach, community partners and county programs and identifying persistent gaps in housing supply, detox/treatment capacity and accessible shelter.
Don Holden, outreach staff, said the effort combines multiple partners and programs—laundry and hygiene services, food, housing navigation, embedded staff in the district attorney’s office for deflection court, mobile outreach and periodic "trash extravaganzas" that pair cleanup with outreach. Holden credited the DA deflection effort as "wildly successful," and said countywide demand now strains the two city staff embedded with the DA.
Glenn, the city behavioral-healt…
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